Richard Reynolds wrote:> > I would have never signed up for this list, or any other if it didn't give me at> least a few hours worth of email bouncing neither myself, or usa.net is up> 24/7/365, and i wouldn't expect that everyone has a dedicated email server, for> almost any list. plus I have had many problems with the @home's email servers,> if I relied on them I would probibly have been kicked off quite some time ago.>

Any _service_ that offers email _should_ have backup MX servers inplace. Anythign less is ..well.. stupid.

If you're not a service provider and hostyour own dns/mail server, it'syour own choice. After all, you'll only be losing your own email and notother people's email.